This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AgB.2ACE/109.2.1.1 Message Board Post: No this W.T. Birchett was not African American. His mothers name was Penelope, and his Grandfathers same was Sherrod Barrow. They were both from North Carolina.